Tattooing = crime in Japan

That changed this April, when the Osaka Prefectural Police started cracking down on tattooists with no associations with the yakuza.In August, a popular tattoo studio operator named Chopstick Tattoo in Osaka was busted, resulting in the arrests of five members of staff.In November, staff were arrested at 8Ball Tattoo Studio, a high-profile establishment in Nagoya.